About the day » Friday December 14, 1770Calender converter

• Charles Baeckelandt
• Alida Louisa Schepens, Amsterdam († 1795)
• Anna Elisabeth Knols, Schimmert,, Limburg, Nederland († 1811)
• George Skene
• Gertrudis Reith, Rainmühle, Landkreis Fulda, Hessen, Duitsland
• Christopher Andersen, Svendsgam, Lødingen, Nordland, Norge († 1846)
• Helena Margaretha Hackmanns, Uffeln, Hannover, Germany († 1811)
• Gerrit du Pré du Pree, Den Bommel, Zuid-Holland, Nederland (doopdatum) († 1820)
• Catharina Margaretha KROPP, Edingen, Lahn-Dill-Kreis, Hessen, Germany
• Christianus Hille, Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• Hillegien Hindriks (40), Roswinkel, Emmen
• André François CORSAUX (81), Marquette-en-Ostrevant,59252,Nord,Hauts-de-France,FRANCE,Nord-Pas-de-Calais, Frankrijk
• Guillelmus PRAETS (0), Baelen
• Anna Biertjens (71), Dordrecht, Z.H
• Hendrik Damoiseau (48), Bunde, Nederland
• Cornelis Kneppel, Huisduinen
• Beekje Koenders Kats, Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Aaltje Boodt, Huisduinen
• Francois VARE (75), Neuilly-en-Thelle, 60450, Oise, Picardie, France
• Jacob van Noord (35), stad a/h haringvliet (goeree overflakkee)

• 1730 » Capel Bond, English organist and composer († 1790)
• 1738 » Jan Antonín Koželuh, Czech composer and educator († 1814)
• 1775 » Philander Chase, American bishop and educator, founded Kenyon College († 1852)
• 1775 » Thomas Cochrane, 10th Earl of Dundonald, Scottish admiral and politician († 1860)
• 1777 » Du Pre Alexander, 2nd Earl of Caledon, Irish politician, Lord Lieutenant of Tyrone († 1839)
• 1784 » Princess Maria Antonia of Naples and Sicily († 1806)
• 1789 » Maria Szymanowska, Polish composer and pianist († 1831)
• 1791 » Charles Wolfe, Irish priest and poet († 1823)
• 1794 » Erastus Corning, American businessman and politician († 1872)
• 1816 » Abraham Hochmuth, Hungarian rabbi and educator († 1889)

• 1715 » Thomas Tenison, English archbishop (b. 1636)
• 1735 » Thomas Tanner, English bishop and historian (b. 1674)
• 1741 » Charles Rollin, French historian and educator (b. 1661)
• 1785 » Giovanni Battista Cipriani, Italian painter and engraver (b. 1727)
• 1788 » Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, German pianist and composer (b. 1714)
• 1788 » Charles III of Spain (b. 1716)
• 1799 » George Washington, American general and politician, 1st President of the United States (b. 1732)
• 1831 » Martin Baum, American businessman and politician, 5th Mayor of Cincinnati (b. 1765)
• 1838 » Jean-Olivier Chénier, Canadian physician (b. 1806)
• 1842 » Ben Crack-O, king of several tribes around Cape Palmas

• Erfstadhouder Prins Willem V (Willem Batavus) (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1751 till 1795 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
• March 5 » Boston Massacre: Five Americans, including Crispus Attucks, are fatally shot by British troops in an event that would contribute to the outbreak of the American Revolutionary War (also known as the American War of Independence) five years later.
• April 19 » Marie Antoinette marries Louis XVI of France in a proxy wedding.
• April 29 » James Cook arrives in Australia at Botany Bay, which he names.
• June 19 » New Church Day: Emanuel Swedenborg writes: "The Lord sent forth His twelve disciples, who followed Him in the world into the whole spiritual world to preach the Gospel that the Lord God Jesus Christ reign. This took place on the 19th day of June, in the year 1770."
• August 21 » James Cook formally claims eastern Australia for Great Britain, naming it New South Wales.
• August 22 » James Cook names and lands on Possession Island, and claims the east coast of Australia for Britain as New South Wales.

The temperature on December 14, 1770 was about 6.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west by south. Weather type: omtrent helder. Special wheather fenomena: droog.